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Case Reports
. 2001 May;16(3):572-5.
doi: 10.1002/mds.1109.

Deep brain stimulation of the internal pallidum did not improve chorea in a patient with neuro-acanthocytosis

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Deep brain stimulation of the internal pallidum did not improve chorea in a patient with neuro-acanthocytosis

G Wihl et al. Mov Disord. 2001 May.

Abstract

We report the failure of bilateral globus pallidus internus deep brain stimulation to improve chorea in a patient with chorea-acanthocytosis. Prior to this surgery the patient had experienced a striking but short lived amelioration of symptoms with clozapine therapy.

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